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Method and apparatus for detection and identification of counterfeit and substandard electronics

  • US 9,851,386 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2014
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for detection and/or identification of counterfeit and/or substandard electronic devices, said apparatus comprising:

  • (a) an enclosure including a base and a peripheral wall having at least one of a pyramid shape, a cubical shape, a rectangular shape, a tapered conical shape, a tapered triangular shape and defining a hollow interior of said enclosure;

    (b) a fixture mounted within said hollow interior of said enclosure, said fixture configured to receive one or more electronic devices therewithin;

    (c) three and only three connections configured to apply three and only three signals to three pins on each of the one or more electronic devices received within said fixture, wherein each of said three and only three signals is applied to a selectively distinct pin;

    (d) means for modulating at least one of said three signals;

    (e) an antenna being at least one of mounted on an interior surface of said peripheral wall, integrated into a thickness of said peripheral wall of said enclosure or an enclosure structure itself designed to act as said antenna, said antenna operable to capture an emission of a radiofrequency (RF) energy from the each of one or more electronic devices received within said fixture and having said modulated signals applied thereto; and

    (f) a sensor and controller assembly connected to said fixture and said antenna and configured source said three and only three signals, to process a signature of said captured emission and determine a condition of the each of the one or more electronic devices based on said signature.

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